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Well, tried to sight in my new Savage Model 12BVSS today, my boresighter hasn't arrived yet and I really wanted to shoot this rig, so I go to the range, put my targets up at 25yards and take a shot......no hole. Anyway, to make a long story short, I ran out of windage adj. on the scope and the closest I can get to my POA is 15" at 25 yards.... We also tried a different scope with different rings and it was still way off to the right. What gives? Do I need a better base? I am just using Weaver 2 piece right now. Do I need to shim the scope in the rings? New rings? It was a fairly disappointing trip to the range today. Any suggestions?
 
Is the barrel totally free floated? If the stock is forcing the barrel to one side it may cause this problem as well.
 
The barrel seems to be totally free-floated. Well I can't just drive out to the dealer, they are about 2500kms away....I put the scope and rings from my Savage MKII which shot great before and after I tried it on the Model 12.
 
Turn your bases around. You can bore sight by removing the bolt and looking down the bore then without moving the rifle look through the scope.
 
Yup, I've done that, turn the bases every way I can think of , turn both, turn one, reverse them etc....I guess I'll just have to wait 'till my boresighter comes in and I'll try to see what's up...
 
Use Leupold/Redfield/Burris mount system with built in windage adjustment in the rear ring mount.
 
tiriaq said:
Use Leupold/Redfield/Burris mount system with built in windage adjustment in the rear ring mount.
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Seems, like what I am going to have to do, do they have that much adjustment though?

Scope, rings and bases are all brand new. Yes the scope works on other guns.
 
For Gawds sake just put a Leupold windage base on it centre the scope by counting the turns from all the way right to all the way left, turn it back to half of the count then use the windage screws on the base to get the scope close to centre. Use the scope adjustment to fine tune only. Savage has never been able to drill a reciever straight. I would say that all that is wrong with about 50% of the scopes I get for repair.
 
You don't need to wait for a bore sighter. Adjust the scope to the mechanical center, remove the bolt and sight through the bore at a distant object (the farther the better) then adjust the scope to cover that object without disturbing the rifle. Fire the rifle at 25 to see if you are on paper, then at 100 to zero. If you are unable to get on paper at 25 yards using this method and if your rings and base are properly installed, as others have said you need to get a base that has built in windage adjustment.
 
There is lots of windage in the Leupold/Redfield/Burris system. Another option would be Burris Signature rings with the eccentric inserts. Or both could be used. Burris Zee rings with inserts could be used on your Weaver bases. But I would go with the L/R/B base as well.
The receiver holes may be misaligned, the mounts will compensate. Millets will allow lateral zeroing as well, but the downside is that the rings are tight to the scope, and when the rings are shifted sideways any great amount, the scope tube can be tweaked. With the other systems mentionned, the scope can pivot without being bent.
 
Carefully look over the scope body and along the barrel. If you're off by as much as you describe, the scope tube ought to be visibly pointing to the left of the muzzle. If this is the case, find out why, then fix that. Some possibilities:

- bases not correctly made (should have same amount of material left and right of holes)
- holes in rifle receiver not lined up properly
- error in scope ring manufacture
- barrel is not mounted parallel to receiver centreline

Weaver rings and bases are a good, simple system. They ought to work, and it shouldn't matter whether you have the rings pointing left or right.
 
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